Plays.
Found in 685 Collections and/or Records:
Gaelic material extracted from the papers of the author, broadcaster and schoolmaster, Hector MacIver (1910-1966).
The material extracted from MSS.26276-26300 consists chiefly of typescripts of Hector MacIver’s plays and broadcasts.
Galley proofs of Christopher Murray Grieve, “Hugh MacDiarmid's” translation of Bertolt Brecht's play ‘The threepenny opera’., [1973, or after.]
Galley proofs of the verse drama ‘Fotheringhay’ by George Moncrieff-Scott, with corrections and additions., 1953.
A typescript list of cuts made in the first production is included (folio 47).
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934, and second edition, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934, 1936.
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1934), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1934.
‘Hamlet’ by William Shakespeare, second edition (Cambridge, 1936), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1936.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts I-III of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
Heavily reworked manuscript of Acts IV-V of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
Heavily reworked manuscript of the play ‘The Wallace’ by Sydney Goodsir Smith., 1958.
The play was broadcast in 1959; the first stage production was in 1960, and an edition of the text was published in the same year.
‘Henry IV’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
‘Henry IV’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
‘Henry IV’, parts I and II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1946), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1946.
‘Henry V’ by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1947), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1947.
Henry VI’, part I by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
‘Henry VI’, part II by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
‘Henry VI’, part III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
‘Henry VI’, parts I-III by William Shakespeare (Cambridge, 1952), with manuscript corrections and annotations by John Dover Wilson., 1952.
'Hypocrite' by Robert McLellan, a play first performed in 1967., 1966-1967.
Robert McLellan's early plays were intended for the stage, but he later wrote for both radio and television. Not all were published, and many circulated in typescript copies.
Incomplete manuscript of a novel, and a manuscript of a play, by Cecilia Combe., Early 19th century-mid 19th century.
MSS.7443-7445 are written in German, having been delivered on George Combe's tour in Germany in 1842.
The phrenological reports (MSS.7452-7455) comprise the phrenological measurements of many persons, both well-known and obscure, with reports and descriptions of their mental capabilities and weaknesses.
The papers of Cecilia Combe contain a selection of literary efforts, diaries of tours, and the usual memoranda and inventories kept by nineteenth-century housewives.
Incomplete manuscript, undated, of a play, probably in three acts, set in a castle in the Highlands by George Moncrieff-Scott., Mid 20th century.
The manuscript contains Act I and part of Act II.
Interleaved copy of William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens" (1851), with annotations by George MacDonald.
'Kamera!' by Joe Corrie, an absurd comedy written for broadcasting., 1938.
The contents are as follows. (i) Typescript, with numerous corrections and additions, and the original title, 'Radishes in Rhapsody' (folio l); (ii) BBC script with manuscript cuts and corrections (folio 36). It has two versions of the ending.
'Kilellan', a series of short plays written by Robert McLellan for television., 1960.
Apart from the plays written specially for radio, such as ‘The Carlin Moth’ and 'As ithers see us', Robert McLellan also wrote a number of short pieces, often as part of a larger series. Many of these were broadcasts for schools. He also contributed to programmes such as 'Scottish Life and Letters', and wrote for television.
'Kirstan and the Vikar: a parable in Scots' by Robert McLellan., 1959.
Robert McLellan's early plays were intended for the stage, but he later wrote for both radio and television. Not all were published, and many circulated in typescript copies.